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Install termframe with Homebrew

Terminal output SVG screenshot tool. Version 0.8.7 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-23.

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macOS

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brew install termframe

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overview

Package summary

Terminal output SVG screenshot tool

Commands and aliases

  • termframe

history

Project history and usage

termframe is a small command-line tool for turning terminal command output into SVG screenshots. Its own README describes it as a non-interactive terminal emulator that runs a command, renders the output in an internal virtual terminal session, and exports the result as SVG.

Project history

The public GitHub repository was created in March 2025. The project sits in the newer wave of terminal-output publishing tools: instead of recording a session or taking a bitmap screenshot of an emulator window, it renders ANSI-styled output directly into a portable SVG artifact.

Adoption history

The documented installation paths are package-manager oriented from the start: Homebrew for macOS, Scoop for Windows, prebuilt Linux archives, and Cargo from the Git repository. In this batch input it appears as a Homebrew formula only, so its broader package adoption history is still thin.

How it is used

termframe is used to run a command and write an SVG, or to accept piped output and render that stream. Its README emphasizes ANSI style support, 16-color, 256-color, and truecolor rendering, optional font embedding, dark and light modes, iTerm2 color schemes, custom themes, and configurable window styles.

Why package nerds care

For package maintainers and CLI documentation authors, termframe is useful because it produces reproducible terminal screenshots without opening a graphical terminal emulator. That makes it fit README, release-note, and documentation pipelines where SVG output is easier to diff, theme, and publish than a captured bitmap.

Timeline

  • 2025: Public GitHub repository created on March 6.
  • 2026: v0.8.x releases continued theme and rendering maintenance.
  • 2026: README documents Homebrew, Scoop, Linux archive, and Cargo installation paths.

Related projects

  • Related tools include terminal recorders such as termrec and asciinema, and terminal-image or terminal-screenshot tools that make command-line output easier to embed in documentation.

Sources

  • GitHub README: https://github.com/pamburus/termframe#readme
  • GitHub releases: https://github.com/pamburus/termframe/releases
  • GitHub repository metadata: https://api.github.com/repos/pamburus/termframe
  • Input source_facts.package-manager

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
termframecliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.8.7
manager updated2026-06-23
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.8.7

https://github.com/pamburus/termframe

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:termframe
Version0.8.7
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/termframe
Homepagehttps://github.com/pamburus/termframe
Repositoryhttps://github.com/pamburus/termframe
Upstream docshttps://github.com/pamburus/termframe#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/pamburus/termframe/archive/refs/tags/v0.8.7.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-23T13:17:47Z
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesrust
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nametermframe
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • rustBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • termrecShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal, terminal-output, terminal-recording.
  • termsvgShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, svg, terminal.
  • ahaShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal.
  • amttermShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal.
  • ansifilterShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal.
  • aoeShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, terminal.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment